Blog List – Modern

VIDEO – Learn the Most Effective and Successful Way to Take a Bite, Oral Appliance Therapy

This is demonstrated up close and hands on at the American Sleep and Breathing Academy annual meeting. Register at http://www.sleep-conference.com. Oral appliance therapy is considered an effective treatment for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The appliance functions by supporting the jaw...Read More

Get Buy-In from the Whole Team – Bring Them to the ASBA Conference

If  you want to get into sleep medicine, or improve the oral appliance section of your dental practice, it takes buy-in from the entire practice. Sure, you can go to the American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) annual meeting by yourself, but will you be able to transmit the enthusiasm and knowle...Read More

ASBA Will Kick Off National Sleep Awareness Week at the Sleep and Wellness Conference April 21-22, 2017

The National Sleep Foundation announced its annual Sleep Awareness Week for April 23-29, 2017. The nationally recognized week, intended to promote the importance of healthy sleep in America, will also be acknowledged by the American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) at the upcoming Sleep and Wellne...Read More

Stacey Layman DDS – Pulse Oximetry as a Screening Tool for Dentists

  There are multiple OSA screening tools available for dentists. A very effective method to use for predictable and accurate screening in the dental setting is Pulse Oximetry. It provides objective data that can be used to make an informed decision about the need for a diagnostic sleep test whi...Read More

How a Dentist gets Traction Treating Sleep in their Practice, Erin E. Elliott DDS | ASBA

You’ve just taken your first course in Dental Sleep Medicine, you cannot wait to go back to your office and provide this life-saving and life-changing service.  However, your team is completely avoiding eye contact with you, avoiding you, or flat out refusing to help?  Why is this?  Why is Dental Sl...Read More

Airway Remodeling by the World-Renowned Dr. David Singh

Dr. Dave Singh will present “Non-surgical Upper Airway Remodeling for OSA” at this year’s multi-disciplinary annual Sleep and Wellness Conference, April 21-22 in Phoenix, AZ, hosted by the American Sleep and Breathing Academy [ASBA] 2026 Home Page Sleep Conference Scottsdale This past weekend I had ...Read More

Unlocking an Entrepreneurial Mind “David Gergen” by Alan Hickey, Director | ASBA

Alan Hickey Writes About David Gergen, CEO | ASBA and Their Personal Relationship David Gergen launched Gergens Orthodontic Lab in 1986. He is a serial entrepreneur, and investor in several other companies. I met David Gergen many years ago in Minneapolis. I had heard stories about him and expected ...Read More

Home Medical Equipment Industry Hopeful after Tom Price Confirmed as New Secretary of HHS

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep Tom Price, M.D. (R-Ga) was confirmed 2/10/17 as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services by a Senate vote of 52-47. American Association for Homecare president Tom Ryan released a statement immediately following the confirmation, saying that, “Dr. Price has a strong...Read More